THE bodies of two lorry drivers killed when their articulated lorry plunged from a mountain pass in the Pyrenees were expected to be flown home today. Accident investigators are still trying to discover how Rossendale drivers Vic Anthony Richardson and
MAJOR Colin Cromie took time off from his busy dental practice to don his Territorial Army uniform and meet the Duke of Edinburgh. During the Duke's visit to the main headquarters of 207 (Manchester) Field Hospital in Stretford, Manchester, Colin demonstrated
RESIDENTS who live on Rossendale's notorious Grane Road have been told all their ideas to cut down on the number of accidents will be heard. But they have also been warned that highways bosses are financially restricted in what they can do to make the
LOCAL hero John Mullin believes he can relive history by helping Burnley stage a repeat of the promotion to Division One he enjoyed in his first spell at Turf Moor. Mullin played half-a-dozen games as Burnley made it through the play-offs to reach the
BRIAN KIDD made the toughest decision of his life when he quit Manchester United to manage Blackburn Rovers in December last year. But less than 12 months later his managerial dreams have ended in ruins after Jack Walker finally lost patience. Walker,
Jack Straw MP Advice Surgery, 4pm-5pm Mill Hill Community Centre, New Chapel Street/ 5.30pm-6.30pm, Bank Top Neighbourhood Centre, Oakenhurst Road, both Blackburn. Bonfire and Firework Display, St Peter and St Pauls CE School, Arundel Street, Rishton,
TORY MP and former newsagent Nigel Evans has urged shopkeepers to take great care not to sell fireworks to youngsters. He told the Commons that retailers should ensure youngsters were old enough to buy them and should not sell them until immediately before
TORY MP Nigel Evans confronted Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in the House of Commons about his refusal to visit the Ribble Valley. He tackled the Environment Secretary during a Commons debate on the controversial issue of house building on greenfield
ANDY Payne of Clayton Harriers took just 2.53 to run the Snowdonia Marathon, one of the hardest races around. Darwen Dasher, Shane Gudgeon, who was competing in his fifth Snowdonia race and recorded 3.35, has already booked his B&B for next year!
AT ROSSENDALE Harriers' AGM, Graham Wright was elected to the new post of deputy chairman to cover for Paul Hannah's expected absences on business. Paul was re-elected on as chairman, Walter Whittaker stays as club president and Nigel Gotts and Colette
DAREDEVIL Romeo Mark Wilkinson got the answer he was looking for - after declaring his love for Sue Wolstenholme by erecting a wallpaper banner on a road sign near Clayton-le-Moors. Sue, a worker at Express Gifts, Church, signalled to Mark that she would
AS WINS go this was as hard-fought as it comes with Accrington displaying superb defensive qualities to overcome their Leigh-based opponents. Played in difficult conditions with a high wind blowing down the ground, Accrington kicked off into the wind
FEARS of a crack cocaine nightmare sweeping the county were revealed. Lancashire's chief constable Brian Johnson admitted the county had experienced the worst problems that drugs could bring. But he indicated that worse could follow if crack took hold
PLANS are under way to re-introduce girls football in the Rossendale Valley after a highly successful training course. The Lancashire Football Association run-course attracted more than 40 girls aged between eight and 16 and now organisers are looking
BLACKPOOL'S former Accrington Stanley striker Brett Ormerod has already set his sights on next season after a double leg break has ruled him out of the rest of the current campaign. Ormerod is resting at his new Rishton home after an operation to set
THE Blackburn Northern Hockey Club Ladies first team travelled to Durham to take on top-of-the-table Bloom on Saturday. Blackburn looked strong from the beginning, but had trouble getting the ball moving quickly due to a very slow pitch. The home team
THE Accrington Road Runners 10k race is regarded as one of the toughest in the race calendar. And according to one experienced athlete, Sunday's event was the hardest he had experienced in his 10 years of running due to the windy conditions. What a time
THE award ceremony for the English and British Fell Championships was held at the Fell Runners Association Dinner Dance last Saturday. Clayton Harriers picked up a string of awards including gold medals for the over 50 men's team who won the English Championship
STUNG again by a back-bench revolt over its plans to curb disability benefits, the government must offer fresh concessions to the rebels or face another war with the Lords who keep overturning its proposals. But one perplexing and, surely, politically
Ewood Amateurs (Blackburn Combination) 2 Whitbread (Preston and District League) 1 (aet) EWOOD Amateurs are the best team in the North West. A champion of champions cup final win against Whitbread of the Preston and District League underlined the fact
THERE is an encouraging response today by highways bosses to the measures put forward by residents for reducing accidents on East Lancashire's notorious Grane Road. But this positive outlook is also a qualified 'yes.' For while highways chairman Richard
A WONDER goal from Ossy Refugees' Chris 'Wandering Walter' Wilkin put paid to LS Roofing Cup aspirations and guaranteed Wilkin's immortality in the pubs throughout Gobbin Land. Wilkins considered too slow to play the vital central defensive role he has
ONCE again, the fireworks season started early and with it the annual misery inflicted upon animals. Many dogs are so terrified that they tremble and pant at every single bang. My own dog refuses to leave the safety of the house at any time of day and
I AM following with interest your campaign for more safety measures to be implemented on the Grane Road route to Haslingden. However, I would like to see your campaign pushed even further, as there are more accident blackspots within our area and I believe
A CONVICTED thief who went on a near £4,000 stealing spree from locker rooms at Burnley Thompson sports centre, has been banned from all council leisure facilities for three years. The ban on 30-year-old Stuart Jack Andrews of Athol Street, Burnley, is
LOCAL hero John Mullin believes he can relive history by helping Burnley stage a repeat of the promotion to Division One he enjoyed in his first spell at Turf Moor. Mullin played half-a-dozen games as Burnley made it through the play-offs to reach the
A ROBBER wearing a red devil Hallowe'en mask terrified a young mum when he threatened her with an eight-inch knife. Sharon Garratty, 28, of Queen Street, Clayton-le-Moors, was working in the Wine Shop in nearby Barnes Street when the raider walked in
A MAJOR conference to help firms cut transport costs and aid the environment is to be staged in East Lancashire. The Transport Efficiency event being staged at Northern Technologies in Nelson is aimed at firms which operate company cars, vans and fleets
Peake Practice - food news, with Ray Peake, of Callums Bistro, Accrington THE highlight of most people's meal is what is referred to as desert or sweet. The last time you called it pudding you were probably having school dinners and trying to come to
NEW magistrates have been appointed across East Lancashire, with six newcomers for the Burnley and Pendle bench. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster announced the appointments yesterday and the new magistrates come from all walks of life. All the
THERE'S a wide choice of races this weekend. The second Mowbray Mid-Lancs Cross Country fixture is on Saturday at Lancaster, while fell runners will be converging on Todmorden for the final fixture in the South Pennines Grand Prix. The Shepherd's Skyline
PENDLE Under 14 Girls made amends for their heavy defeat by Rochdale to register two league points. The East Lancs girls gained the upper hand early in the match by keeping things simple. The visitors took an early 14 points lead as first Heather King
A COUNCIL chief whose wife was struck down by meningitis today called for a revolutionary new vaccine to be made available to anybody who wants it. Almost 140,000 East Lancashire youngsters aged 17 and under will be offered a jab to protect them against
AN Anglican vicar who joined the Catholic Church over the controversial issue of the ordination of women has died, aged 65. Father Trevor Richardson was vicar of the former St James the Great Church, Waterfoot, for 35 years. He resigned his post in 1994
SNOWY the Highland Terrier is the purr-fect mum after rearing a family of KITTENS!. The family dog already had her own puppy but was more than happy to take care of the three stranded kits. Owner Maureen Carter, 45, of Fecitt Brow, Blackburn, said: "We
PENSIONERS who may have been cheated out of a cheaper television licence fee are fighting back, thanks to a letter which appeared in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Scores of elderly people from East Lancashire were made aware of the injustices that
A COUNCIL leader whose wife was struck down by meningitis today called for a revolutionary new vaccine to be made available to anybody who wants it. Almost 140,000 East Lancashire youngsters aged 17 and under will be offered a jab to protect them against
IT cannot be a man manager who cannot coach or communicate, as Brian Kidd has proved. It cannot be a communicator who cannot coach or man manage, that's why Roy Hodgson perished. It cannot be a coach who cannot communicate or man manage. Bye bye Ray Harford
PROMINENT Rovers fans accepted that Brian Kidd's sacking was expected, or even inevitable - but some warned that the club's troubles ran deeper. And while Blackburn MP Jack Straw optimistically said: 'Things can only get better' one of his Labour colleagues
COLIN Todd believes he's the right man to steer Blackburn Rovers to the Premiership's promised land. The former Bolton Wanderers boss, who resigned from his post at the Reebok last month, has jumped to the head of the queue of applicants following Brian
JOE Kinnear, Colin Hendry and Martin O'Neill were the names on the lips of Rovers fans in Blackburn town centre and outside Ewood Park within hours of Brian Kidd's sacking. Damian Taylor, of Robin Bank, Darwen, had just been to the Rover the Moon store
JASON Wilcox has summed up the bitter disappointment among the players following the sacking of manager Brian Kidd. The Rovers skipper was shocked and surprised by the decision to axe the former Manchester United man less than 12 months after he was appointed
A HEALTH supremo today admitted that the future of his NHS trust which has provided community services for the past five years was in serious jeopardy. The CommuniCare NHS Trust, which has its own £31million budget and employs hundreds of staff, could
BLACKBURN Rovers will not rush into appointing a successor to axed manager Brian Kidd. Chief Executive John Williams has revealed the club will take stock of the situation before starting the process of sifting through what is sure to be a flood of quality
"JACK WALKER has acted too quickly"- that was the reaction of Lee Grooby, whose unofficial Blackburn Rovers Internet site instantly became a place for fans to let off steam. He added: "We were led to believe that the club was after a sustained period
A NEW scheme aimed at helping the elderly feel safer in their homes has been launched in Ribble Valley. Homewise will see security locks and smoke alarms fitted free in the homes of residents, aged over 60 or disabled, in Rimington, Sawley, Tosside, Paythorne
Valerie Cowan's Web World THE internet might well have celebrated its 30th birthday last month, but to many it's still stuck in puberty, with an image that never progressed much beyond that of a geeky teenage boy surfing the net to find naughty pictures
JANET Dawson and Kathryn Rollands caused the shock of the night in the under 18s doubles competition when they beat the two top seeds to lift the title. The Blackburn Juniors pair were drawn in the same pool as top seeds Katie Hodgson of Independence
PLAY continues in the John Smith's Knockout tomorrow night (Friday, November 5) at Platts Social Club, Accrington, in this year's John Smiths Hyndburn Darts KO. In action will be 10 past champions, and leading the way will be last year's Open Individual
WIND assisted St Joseph's breezed into the second round of the cup thanks to two turbo powered first half goals. Adam Auld and Jonathan Mather knocked the wind out of STASH with a double blast that left their opponents cold. First Auld returned his partially
THE match of the day in the Premier Division between the top and second placed Red Lion and Shorthomers respectively, was a very high-scoring game, Red Lion winning by the odd goal in nine late in the game. North Valley moved into second place with a
I HAVE travelled along the Grane Road many times and find that the most blame lies not with the road, but reckless driving by a minority. Whatever measures are adopted, - speed cameras, humps, chicanes, or yellow lines - all may help, but at the end of
BLACKBURN and District Cyclist Touring Club sent shock waves through the sport by winning the national championship hill climb team award for the first time in their history. The unfancied and unsponsored riders beat professional and heavily financially
SALESBURY A continue to hold the top place in the First Division following a comprehensive win over St Philip's. The visitors dropped three games all evening leaving St Philip's still wondering if promotion last season was a good thing. However, Salesbury's
I AM researching my family tree and seek information regarding John Cosgrove who was the son of Patrick Cosgrove who was the son of my great-grandfather, John Cosgrove. Patrick was married three times - once in 1907 to Ann Moran and once in 1930. Both
TABLE-toppers New Era, with only two players Matthew and Daniel Huntingdon, had a close 5-5 draw with second-placed Baxenden for whom Trevor Greenwood kept his 100 per cent record intact. Slammers came away from Whalley with a 6-4 win. Slimmers clash
MAY I offer special thanks to your Promotions department which recently ran a snooker competition whose first prize I was fortunate to win? As a keen snooker fan and amateur player, I was highly delighted, the prize being tickets to the Grand-Prix at
BURNLEY'S credit union movement has been given a major boost with a £22,000 European Fund grant to develop the service throughout the borough. The money will be used to employ a development officer to expand and co-ordinate the community savings and loans
MORE than 50 Clarets fans will make sure they do not miss a kick, header, goal or penalty at Saturday's league game against Luton - by flying to the match! The last time Burnley played a London team a couple of weeks ago - Millwall - some fans missed
COLIN Todd believes he's the right man to steer Blackburn Rovers to the Premiership's promised land. The former Bolton Wanderers boss, who resigned from his post at the Reebok last month, has jumped to the head of the queue of applicants following Brian
ENGINEERING graduate Rajan Bindra has become the first winner of a major new award to promote the aerospace industry. The Sir Frank Whittle Award was set up by the Nelson-based North West Aerospace Alliance with backing from Rolls-Royce. The award will
FILM group Winchester Entertainment - headed by former Blackburn schoolboy Gary Smith - has said it is close to sealing a number of multi-million pound financing deals for Hollywood producers. The film financing company last month hit the headlines in
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice today defended joining in a huge backbench revolt which threatens the future of the Government's welfare reforms. Mr Prentice was one of 54 Labour MPs to defy Government Whips and oppose proposals to means tests incapacity benefit
Division Two: Preston North End 3 Bournemouth 0 PAUL McKenna notched his second goal in as many games to set Preston on their way to a memorable victory last night at Deepdale. David Moyes' side extended their remarkable unbeaten run to nine games thanks
ROSSENDALE Harriers Mervyn Keys and Phil Taylor may be on the brink of victory in the prestigious Karrimor international Mountain Marathon after the organisers agreed to re-examine the scoring. The pair have been provisionally placed second in the long
BLACKBURN Hawks are flying high this week after Sunday's 21-2 demolition of Bradford Bulldogs - but one player in particular is on cloud nine. New boy Paul Mahon, signed from Bradford last week, made his Hawks debut against his old club and even scored
THE brother of a loner whose decomposed body was found in remote woods told today of his brother's tragic life and death. Stephen Phillip McCann's body was found by a farm worker's wife in remote Alum House Woods, near Meins Road, Blackburn, on Friday
